Inline Oil Condition Monitoring

Run critical assets on intelligence,
not assumptions — and watch the returns follow.

FluidInspectIR® delivers lab-quality fluid data in real time, powering smarter maintenance decisions across every asset in your operation. Less downtime, longer asset life, extended oil drain intervals, and value you can measure on the bottom line.

3×

Lubricant life extension

↓62%

Hydraulic failures

10–30×

Typical ROI

24/7

Continuous monitoring

Where the value comes from

Six financial levers. One investment.

Our customers typically unlock several of these simultaneously — which is why payback periods are measured in months, not years.

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Avoid Unplanned Downtime

Catch lubricant degradation and contamination before it causes equipment failure. Continuous monitoring delivers warning hours or days before a breakdown would occur.

↓ 30–50% downtime events

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Extend Oil Drain Intervals

Replace fixed-interval oil changes with condition-based drain decisions. Change oil when it needs changing — not on a calendar — and eliminate unnecessary lubricant consumption.

↓ 30–60% lubricant cost

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Extend Asset & Component Life

Contamination and degraded lubricant are the leading causes of premature bearing, gear, and seal wear. Keeping oil in specification keeps components in service longer.

↑ 20–40% asset life

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Reduce Maintenance Costs

Fewer emergency callouts, fewer unscheduled parts replacements, and less reactive labour. Shift your maintenance team from firefighting to planned, efficient work.

↓ up to 40% maintenance spend

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Improve Product Quality

For process fluids and metalworking, precise fluid parameter control directly reduces scrap rates, rework, and surface defects — turning lubricant monitoring into a quality tool.

↓ scrap & rework rates

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Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

Minimise lubricant waste and disposal costs. Demonstrate due diligence for environmental reporting, ISO 55001 asset management, and sector-specific regulatory requirements.

Reduce lubricant waste volume

10–30×Typical ROI

6–18 moTypical payback

24/7Continuous monitoring

The FluidInspectIR® Range

Three ways to monitor oil condition

From always-on inline sensors to portable benchtop analysers — choose the deployment that fits your process and budget.

Inline / Continuous

FluidInspectIR® Inline

Always-on oil condition monitoring, installed directly in the fluid circuit. Full analysis every 15 minutes, 24/7 — no sampling required.

Installation

Inline / bypass loop

Cycle time

~15 min continuous

Connectivity

4–20 mA / Modbus / Cloud

IP rating

IP67 (ATEX option)

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Benchtop Analyser

FluidInspectIR® BenchPRO

In-house oil condition analysis for labs and field engineers — lab-quality results from a 100 ml sample in ~8 minutes.

Analysis time

~8 min / sample

Sample volume

100 ml (auto-pumped)

Weight

15 kg

Option

+ Elemental analyser

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Portable Analyser

FluidInspectIR® Portable

On-site fuel quality analysis for FAME%, ethanol, and water content — results from a 5 ml syringe sample in ~3 minutes.

Analysis time

~3 min / sample

Sample volume

5 ml (syringe)

Weight

3 kg

Variants

Exchangeable flow cells

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DataInspectIR® Platform

Your data, connected to your operations

DataInspectIR® takes the raw measurement data from FluidInspectIR® and turns it into actionable intelligence — alerts, trends, reports, and integrations with your existing systems.

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Real-time dashboard

Web-based dashboard accessible from any device. Live parameter readings, trend charts, and fleet-wide asset overview.

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Intelligent alerts

Configurable thresholds with email and SMS alerts. Know about a developing condition before it becomes a failure.

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CMMS integration

Connects to existing maintenance management systems via Modbus, OPC-UA, or REST API. No parallel workflow required.

DataInspectIR® — Live View ● Connected

Viscosity @40°C

98.4 cSt

Moisture Content

↑ 482 ppm

TAN (Acid Number)

1.42 mgKOH/g

Soot Content

⚠ 0.84%

Recent Alerts

Moisture rising — Gearbox Unit 3 — 14:32 today

Soot threshold exceeded — Engine 1 — 09:17 today

Oil change performed — Compressor A — yesterday

Get in touch

Let's talk about your application

Whether you're evaluating inline oil condition monitoring for the first time or looking to expand an existing deployment — our team will give you honest, application-specific advice. No sales pressure.

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Call us directly

UK: +44 7515 697010 · Germany: +49 9604 7749201

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Email us

info@spectrolytic.com — we respond within one business day

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Edinburgh, UK · Wackersdorf, Germany

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Run critical assets on intelligence,not assumptions — and watch the returns follow.